An Elementary Palaung Grammar - Mary Lewis Harper Milne

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1921 Excerpt: ...an hwg-i loh tip (or lem) brang. he finished went search for horse. To give dih. Give me water please, I shall be grateful to thee r k ml, dih 6m ta g tyl. depend thee give watei-to me please. Sometimes this verb is understood but not expressed, see second example, N. 426. To steal (without violence) rat. He stole his mother's things an rat grii ma de. he stole things mother his. Rat also means to be in a state of secrecy, as: / shall go secretly g rat g loh. I steal I go. To rob (with violence) hma to snatch). To be difficult kyu. It is difficult to go loh kyii. to go is difficult. To expect m6ng. She expects a letter an m6ng de bOn Ilk. she expects she gets letter. The equivalent of the English word Expect is often omitted in a Palaung sentence, as: He asked me when I expected to return ban mg g dl veng an sar-mw t g. time what I shall return he asked me. or when To hope. There does not appear to be any exact equivalent in Palaung for the English word Hope; To think t"ang, or To expect mOng, or To give dih are used, as: / hope to arrive g fang g igt. I think I arrive. or g dih g igt. I give I arrive. I hope that thou. wilt be well to-morrow a-hnap dih mi ka-jo. to-morrow give thee to be well. To put upon, to place gam. Put it on the table gam an pang sa-bwe. place it on table. To put into ) To drop into) Put the rice into the basket hlap ra-ko ta jii-ar. put into rice in basket. To talk, to speak ngyi. We talked to them ye ngyi ra ge. we talked with them. The word Ngyi is often used in conjunction with grai to speak, as: We talked to them ye ngyi grai ra ge. we talked spoke with them. To ask, to beg hman. I ask for work g hman g r6r. I ask I work. or g hman g b6n g r6r. / ask I get I work. To ask (for information) sar-mw t. Ask him ple..."